Stacking device or standard



March 1 1927. 1,619,641

I. N. SPENCER STACKING DEVICE 0R STANDARD Filed June 19, 1926 INVENTOR W BY 65L wrrmzswllm ATTORNEY .l atented Mar. 1, 1927.

ISAAC NEWTON SPENCER, OF FOLLANSBEE, WEST VIRGINIA.

STACKING DEVICE OR STANDARD.

Application filed .Tune 19, 1926.

The object of this invention is to provide a retaining device for use in holding piles of sheet metal or the like in correct position, so that the individual sheets shall not become displaced, causing their edges to project and become damaged before the sheets are made use of for the purpose for which they are intended.

A further object is to provide a stake or the like adapted to be applied to a timber serving as a supporting element for the pile of sheets, and to provide special means for clamping the stake in position.

A further object is to provide, in connection with a plurality of plate members to be attached to the lower end of the stake, a pair of clamping jaws, with a hand lever, means for connecting the lever with the jaws, and means retaining the lever so that the jaws will be held in locked position.

With the foregoing and other objects 1n view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements described, illustrated and claimed, it being understood that modifications may be madewithin the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming part of this application,

Figure 1 shows the device in elevation.

Figure 2 is also in elevation, the View being from another angle. A wooden stake or standard, preferably of oak, is designated 10, and this stake or standard is to be mounted and clamped on a timber 11 on which the sheets of steel or other metal are piled. Connected with stake or standard 10 are front and rear plates 12 and 13 secured by means of bolts or bolt 14 near the upper ends of the plates, and by bolt or bolts. such as 15 .near the lower portions.

The plates 12 and 13 each include lateral extensions or ears 17 and between oppositely located ears on the respective sides of the pair of plates 12 and 13, I mount clamping jaws, such as 18 and 19, these aws carrying lugs or teeth 20 extending inwardly and adapted to engage the timber 11, in the manner illustrated in Figure 1.

Carried by each clamping jaw is a tubular extension, projecting laterally, and des- Serial No. 117,211.

ignated 21 in Figure 2, this extension accommodating a bolt 23 by means of which the jaws are respectively pivoted.

The upper shank portions 24 and 25 of the jaws are connected by means of links 26 and 27 with a hand lever 28, this lever being pivoted at 29 between the points of pivotal connection with said links 26 and 27. A pawl 30 pivoted on the lever is held by a spring 31, and this pawl engages a segment 32, so that the lever is held in any adjusted position, and especially is securely held when the clamping jaws are in operative posit-ion. The offset at 25 makes it possible to properly position the lever with reference to the other elements of the assembly, as will be readily understood from an inspection of the drawings. The lower end of jaw 19 is illustrated as being offset in a direction opposite to offset 25.

The device thus constructed is especially adapted for the purpose intended, and may be instantly applied and detached, and when in position it provides a firm and rigid support for the pile of sheet metal or other material to be retained.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A device of the class described, comprising a standard, plate members mounted on the lower end of the standard and spaced from each other, jaws pivoted between the plates, said jaws including shank portions, a pivoted lever connected with the shank portions, the connections for the shank portions being on opposite sides of the pivotal point of the lever, and means for retaining the lever in on adjusted position.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a standard, jaws pivotally mounted with reference to the lower end of the standard, the jaws including shank portions, 3. pivoted lever, means connecting the lever with the shank portions, the ends of the jaws being offset and the shank portion of each jaw being offset in another direction, and means for retaining the lever in position for holding the jaws in clamping relation with reference to an element on which the stem is to be mounted.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a standard, jaws pivotally mounted with reference to the lower end of the standard, the jaws including shank portions, a pivoted lever, links movable simultaneously in opposite directions by the lever and connecting the lever with the shank portions, the ends of the jaws being offset and the shank portion of each -jaw being ofifset in another direction, and means for retaining the lever in position for holding the jaws in clamping relation with reference to 21 111 element on which the stem is to be mountec.

In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature.

ISAAC NEWTON SPENCER. 

